Chemistry

Discover a curated list of renowned celebrities who have made significant contributions to the field of Chemistry. From Nobel laureates to pioneering researchers, explore their fascinating journeys and the impact they have had on scientific advancements.

Josiah-Parsons Cooke Josiah-Parsons Cooke
USA
American chemist.
Stephen Gray Stephen Gray
Great Britain
British scientist
Charles Adolphe Wurtz Charles Adolphe Wurtz
France
French chemist
Otto Heinrich Warburg Otto Heinrich Warburg
Germany
German biochemist and physiologist
Konstantin Krasusky Konstantin Krasusky
Russian chemist
Arthur Kornberg Arthur Kornberg
USA
American biochemist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1959 (together with S. Ochoa) for the discovery of the mechanism of nucleic acid biosynthesis
Pol Berg Pol Berg
USA
American biochemist, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry
Xenophon Kocheshkov Xenophon Kocheshkov
Soviet organic chemist, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Joseph Achille Le Bel Joseph Achille Le Bel
France
French chemist
ictor Moritz Goldschmidt ictor Moritz Goldschmidt
Norway
Chemist and geophysicist
Valeriy Legasov Valeriy Legasov
Soviet inorganic chemist
Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin
Great Britain
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1964.
German Nernst German Nernst
Germany
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1920
Jons Jakob Berzelius Jons Jakob Berzelius
Sweden
Swedish chemist.
Ernst Otto Beckmann Ernst Otto Beckmann
Germany
German chemist.
Joseph Weiss Joseph Weiss
Austria
Austrian-British chemist.
Stanislav Shchepanovsky Stanislav Shchepanovsky
Poland
Polish engineer, lawyer, economist, chemist
Melvin De Groote Melvin De Groote
USA
American chemist and inventor
Murshud Hanveli Annagiev Murshud Hanveli Annagiev
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani scientist, Doctor of Chemical Sciences.
Theodore William Richards Theodore William Richards
USA
Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1914
Friedrich Ludwig Knapp Friedrich Ludwig Knapp
Germany
German chemical technologist.
Ge Hong Ge Hong
China
Chinese Taoist scholar and alchemist, famous for his encyclopedic treatises
Robert Robinson Robert Robinson
Great Britain
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1947
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac
Switzerland
Swiss chemist who discovered ytterbium
Elias James Corey Elias James Corey
USA
American organic chemist
Charles K. Bliss Charles K. Bliss
Australia
Semiotics specialist
Giulio Natta Giulio Natta
Italy
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963 (together with K. Ziegler).
Robert Mistrik Robert Mistrik
Slovakia
Slovak chemist
John Fenn John Fenn
USA
American researcher, professor of analytical chemistry, Nobel laureate.
Ahmed Zewail Ahmed Zewail
Egypt
Egyptian-American chemist, winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Paul Flory Paul Flory
USA
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1974
Fric Gaber Fric Gaber
Poland
Chemist
Kurt Alder Kurt Alder
Germany
Chemist
Ada Yonath Ada Yonath
Israel
Israeli crystallographer, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Stephanie Kwolek Stephanie Kwolek
USA
American chemist, inventor of polyparaphenylene terephthalamide
Aaron Klug Aaron Klug
Lithuania
Chemist
Jozef Blek Jozef Blek
Great Britain
Scottish chemist and physicist
Hans Bunte Hans Bunte
Germany
German chemical engineer, professor of chemical engineering
Eugene Anatole Demarcay Eugene Anatole Demarcay
France
French chemist
Joseph Bienaime Caventou Joseph Bienaime Caventou
France
French chemist and pharmacist
Gerhard Shrader Gerhard Shrader
Germany
German chemist.
Mary Engle Pennington Mary Engle Pennington
USA
American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer
Friedrich Wohler Friedrich Wohler
Germany
Famous German chemist
Johannes Kunckel Johannes Kunckel
Germany
German alchemist.
Zhozef-Lui Prust Zhozef-Lui Prust
France
French chemist
Frederick Sanger Frederick Sanger
Great Britain
English biochemist, the only scientist to twice win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Viktor Grignard Viktor Grignard
France
Chemist
Paul Karrer Paul Karrer
Switzerland
Swiss chemist
Nikolay Kachalov Nikolay Kachalov
Germany
Chemical engineer, specialist in optical glass
Yacov Bickerman Yacov Bickerman
USA
American and German chemist

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